Afghanistan Public Expenditure Review 2010 : Second Generation of Public Expenditure Reforms

Afghanistan and its donor community face a dilemma that is critical to the country's sustained development: how to channel more foreign assistance through the government's budgetary system (i.e., core budget) in the face of a huge capacit...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Public Expenditure Review
Language:English
Published: World Bank 2012
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topic ACCOUNTING
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM
ANNUAL BUDGET
ANNUAL BUDGET FORMULATION
APPROPRIATION
APPROPRIATIONS
ARTICLE
AUDIT COMMITTEE
AUDIT OFFICE
AUTHORITY
BANK ACCOUNTS
BANK FINANCING
BANKS
BUDGET ACCOUNTS
BUDGET BALANCE
BUDGET CIRCULAR
BUDGET DATA
BUDGET DEPARTMENT
BUDGET ESTIMATES
BUDGET EXECUTION
BUDGET FORMULATION
BUDGET FORMULATION PROCESS
BUDGET STRUCTURE
BUDGET SUBMISSION
BUDGET SYSTEM
BUDGETARY SYSTEM
CAPACITY BUILDING
CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS
CAPACITY-BUILDING
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
CASH MANAGEMENT
CIVIL SERVANTS
CIVIL SERVICE
COLLECTION PROCESSES
CONSOLIDATION
CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
CORRUPTION
COST ESTIMATES
DATA COLLECTION
DECENTRALIZATION
DECISION MAKING
DEVELOPMENT BUDGET EXPENDITURES
DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURES
DISBURSEMENT
DISBURSEMENTS
DISCRETIONARY POWERS
DIVISION OF LABOR
DOMESTIC BANK
DOMESTIC REVENUE
DONOR ASSISTANCE
DONOR FUNDS
EQUIPMENT
EVALUATION OF PROJECTS
EXPENDITURE CEILINGS
EXPENDITURE ESTIMATES
EXPENDITURE FRAMEWORK
EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT
EXPENDITURE NEEDS
EXPENDITURE POLICIES
EXPENDITURES
EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE
EXTERNAL AUDIT
EXTERNAL AUDITS
EXTERNAL FINANCING
FINANCES
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY
FINANCIAL COSTS
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FINANCIAL REVIEW
FINANCIAL SITUATIONS
FINANCING SOURCES
FISCAL AGGREGATES
FISCAL CONTROL
FISCAL DEFICIT
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
FISCAL POLICY
FISCAL SPACE
FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY
FISCAL YEARS
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
FORWARD ESTIMATES
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
GOVERNMENT CAPACITY
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
INTERNAL AUDIT
INTERNAL AUDITS
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INVESTMENT PROJECTS
KEY FISCAL INDICATORS
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGISLATURE
LEGITIMACY
LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MEDIUM-TERM EXPENDITURE
MEDIUM-TERM EXPENDITURE FRAMEWORK
MEDIUM-TERM FINANCING
MEDIUM-TERM FISCAL
MEDIUM-TERM FISCAL FRAMEWORK
MEDIUM-TERM PROJECTIONS
MID-TERM REVIEW
MINISTERS
MINISTERS OF FINANCE
MINISTRIES OF DEFENSE
MINISTRY OF ECONOMY
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
MULTIYEAR PROJECTIONS
NATIONAL AUTHORITIES
NATIONAL BUDGET
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
NATIONAL EXPENDITURES
NATIONAL OBJECTIVES
NATIONAL POLICY
NATIONAL PRIORITIES
NATIONAL SECURITY
OPERATING EXPENDITURES
PENSION
PENSION LIABILITIES
PENSION REFORMS
PENSIONS
PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
PERFORMANCE AUDITS
PERFORMANCE MONITORING
PERFORMANCE REPORTS
PLAN FOR PERFORMANCE
POLICY DISCUSSION
POLICY FORMULATION
POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
POOR GOVERNANCE
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROCUREMENT ASSESSMENT
PROCUREMENT FUNCTION
PROCUREMENT POLICY
PROCUREMENT PROCESS
PROGRAM BUDGETING
PROGRAMS
PROVINCES
PROVINCIAL OFFICES
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE POLICY
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC FINANCE
PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC FUNDS
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
PUBLIC RESOURCES
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY
PUBLIC WORKS
QUALITY ASSURANCE
REFORM PROCESS
REHABILITATION
RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS
RESOURCE AVAILABILITY
RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
SALARY PAYMENTS
SECTOR MANAGERS
SECTORAL EXPENDITURE
SERVICE DELIVERY
STATE ELECTRICITY
STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES
STRUCTURAL BENCHMARKS
SUB-NATIONAL
SUSTAINABILITY OF REFORMS
SWAP
SWAPS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TRANSPARENCY
TREASURY
TRUST FUND
UNREALISTIC BUDGETS
WAGES
spellingShingle ACCOUNTING
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM
ANNUAL BUDGET
ANNUAL BUDGET FORMULATION
APPROPRIATION
APPROPRIATIONS
ARTICLE
AUDIT COMMITTEE
AUDIT OFFICE
AUTHORITY
BANK ACCOUNTS
BANK FINANCING
BANKS
BUDGET ACCOUNTS
BUDGET BALANCE
BUDGET CIRCULAR
BUDGET DATA
BUDGET DEPARTMENT
BUDGET ESTIMATES
BUDGET EXECUTION
BUDGET FORMULATION
BUDGET FORMULATION PROCESS
BUDGET STRUCTURE
BUDGET SUBMISSION
BUDGET SYSTEM
BUDGETARY SYSTEM
CAPACITY BUILDING
CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS
CAPACITY-BUILDING
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
CASH MANAGEMENT
CIVIL SERVANTS
CIVIL SERVICE
COLLECTION PROCESSES
CONSOLIDATION
CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
CORRUPTION
COST ESTIMATES
DATA COLLECTION
DECENTRALIZATION
DECISION MAKING
DEVELOPMENT BUDGET EXPENDITURES
DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURES
DISBURSEMENT
DISBURSEMENTS
DISCRETIONARY POWERS
DIVISION OF LABOR
DOMESTIC BANK
DOMESTIC REVENUE
DONOR ASSISTANCE
DONOR FUNDS
EQUIPMENT
EVALUATION OF PROJECTS
EXPENDITURE CEILINGS
EXPENDITURE ESTIMATES
EXPENDITURE FRAMEWORK
EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT
EXPENDITURE NEEDS
EXPENDITURE POLICIES
EXPENDITURES
EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE
EXTERNAL AUDIT
EXTERNAL AUDITS
EXTERNAL FINANCING
FINANCES
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY
FINANCIAL COSTS
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FINANCIAL REVIEW
FINANCIAL SITUATIONS
FINANCING SOURCES
FISCAL AGGREGATES
FISCAL CONTROL
FISCAL DEFICIT
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
FISCAL POLICY
FISCAL SPACE
FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY
FISCAL YEARS
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
FORWARD ESTIMATES
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
GOVERNMENT CAPACITY
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
INTERNAL AUDIT
INTERNAL AUDITS
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INVESTMENT PROJECTS
KEY FISCAL INDICATORS
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGISLATURE
LEGITIMACY
LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MEDIUM-TERM EXPENDITURE
MEDIUM-TERM EXPENDITURE FRAMEWORK
MEDIUM-TERM FINANCING
MEDIUM-TERM FISCAL
MEDIUM-TERM FISCAL FRAMEWORK
MEDIUM-TERM PROJECTIONS
MID-TERM REVIEW
MINISTERS
MINISTERS OF FINANCE
MINISTRIES OF DEFENSE
MINISTRY OF ECONOMY
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
MULTIYEAR PROJECTIONS
NATIONAL AUTHORITIES
NATIONAL BUDGET
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
NATIONAL EXPENDITURES
NATIONAL OBJECTIVES
NATIONAL POLICY
NATIONAL PRIORITIES
NATIONAL SECURITY
OPERATING EXPENDITURES
PENSION
PENSION LIABILITIES
PENSION REFORMS
PENSIONS
PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
PERFORMANCE AUDITS
PERFORMANCE MONITORING
PERFORMANCE REPORTS
PLAN FOR PERFORMANCE
POLICY DISCUSSION
POLICY FORMULATION
POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
POOR GOVERNANCE
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROCUREMENT ASSESSMENT
PROCUREMENT FUNCTION
PROCUREMENT POLICY
PROCUREMENT PROCESS
PROGRAM BUDGETING
PROGRAMS
PROVINCES
PROVINCIAL OFFICES
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE POLICY
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC FINANCE
PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC FUNDS
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
PUBLIC RESOURCES
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY
PUBLIC WORKS
QUALITY ASSURANCE
REFORM PROCESS
REHABILITATION
RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS
RESOURCE AVAILABILITY
RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
SALARY PAYMENTS
SECTOR MANAGERS
SECTORAL EXPENDITURE
SERVICE DELIVERY
STATE ELECTRICITY
STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES
STRUCTURAL BENCHMARKS
SUB-NATIONAL
SUSTAINABILITY OF REFORMS
SWAP
SWAPS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TRANSPARENCY
TREASURY
TRUST FUND
UNREALISTIC BUDGETS
WAGES
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Afghanistan Public Expenditure Review 2010 : Second Generation of Public Expenditure Reforms
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description Afghanistan and its donor community face a dilemma that is critical to the country's sustained development: how to channel more foreign assistance through the government's budgetary system (i.e., core budget) in the face of a huge capacity gap to ensure effective administration of such expenditures. Without more money on budget, national objectives such as poverty reduction and the building of a stable state cannot be fully realized. Currently, 90 percent of the national budget' is externally financed. Overall aid in 2008-09 amounted to US$5.5 billion or 47 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The critical issue, however, is not so much the amount of aid, but weaknesses in its mode of delivery and impact. Three quarters of the aid bypasses the government's own budget system, moving through what is known as the 'external budget'. This dual budgetary system means that most economic activity in Afghanistan takes place outside the government's fiscal control, thus undermining the government's legitimacy and relevance to the Afghan people and weakening the budget's primacy as the tool of national policy. The aid needs to be on-budget and aligned with Afghan priorities. If the success of aid can be gauged by the extent to which it enables a recipient country to free itself of the need for that aid, then the Afghanistan foreign assistance program, as currently structured, is failing its mission. Afghanistan's fiscal sustainability, after having risen to a plateau in recent years, regressed in 2008-09 due to rising operating expenditures, mainly for security, and the country remains one of the world's most aid-dependent.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Public Expenditure Review
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Afghanistan Public Expenditure Review 2010 : Second Generation of Public Expenditure Reforms
title_short Afghanistan Public Expenditure Review 2010 : Second Generation of Public Expenditure Reforms
title_full Afghanistan Public Expenditure Review 2010 : Second Generation of Public Expenditure Reforms
title_fullStr Afghanistan Public Expenditure Review 2010 : Second Generation of Public Expenditure Reforms
title_full_unstemmed Afghanistan Public Expenditure Review 2010 : Second Generation of Public Expenditure Reforms
title_sort afghanistan public expenditure review 2010 : second generation of public expenditure reforms
publisher World Bank
publishDate 2012
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2864
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spelling okr-10986-28642021-04-23T14:02:05Z Afghanistan Public Expenditure Review 2010 : Second Generation of Public Expenditure Reforms World Bank ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM ANNUAL BUDGET ANNUAL BUDGET FORMULATION APPROPRIATION APPROPRIATIONS ARTICLE AUDIT COMMITTEE AUDIT OFFICE AUTHORITY BANK ACCOUNTS BANK FINANCING BANKS BUDGET ACCOUNTS BUDGET BALANCE BUDGET CIRCULAR BUDGET DATA BUDGET DEPARTMENT BUDGET ESTIMATES BUDGET EXECUTION BUDGET FORMULATION BUDGET FORMULATION PROCESS BUDGET STRUCTURE BUDGET SUBMISSION BUDGET SYSTEM BUDGETARY SYSTEM CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS CAPACITY-BUILDING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CASH MANAGEMENT CIVIL SERVANTS CIVIL SERVICE COLLECTION PROCESSES CONSOLIDATION CONTINGENT LIABILITIES CORRUPTION COST ESTIMATES DATA COLLECTION DECENTRALIZATION DECISION MAKING DEVELOPMENT BUDGET EXPENDITURES DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURES DISBURSEMENT DISBURSEMENTS DISCRETIONARY POWERS DIVISION OF LABOR DOMESTIC BANK DOMESTIC REVENUE DONOR ASSISTANCE DONOR FUNDS EQUIPMENT EVALUATION OF PROJECTS EXPENDITURE CEILINGS EXPENDITURE ESTIMATES EXPENDITURE FRAMEWORK EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT EXPENDITURE NEEDS EXPENDITURE POLICIES EXPENDITURES EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE EXTERNAL AUDIT EXTERNAL AUDITS EXTERNAL FINANCING FINANCES FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY FINANCIAL COSTS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL REVIEW FINANCIAL SITUATIONS FINANCING SOURCES FISCAL AGGREGATES FISCAL CONTROL FISCAL DEFICIT FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FISCAL POLICY FISCAL SPACE FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY FISCAL YEARS FOREIGN ASSISTANCE FORWARD ESTIMATES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT CAPACITY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INTERNAL AUDIT INTERNAL AUDITS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT PROJECTS KEY FISCAL INDICATORS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGISLATURE LEGITIMACY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MEDIUM-TERM EXPENDITURE MEDIUM-TERM EXPENDITURE FRAMEWORK MEDIUM-TERM FINANCING MEDIUM-TERM FISCAL MEDIUM-TERM FISCAL FRAMEWORK MEDIUM-TERM PROJECTIONS MID-TERM REVIEW MINISTERS MINISTERS OF FINANCE MINISTRIES OF DEFENSE MINISTRY OF ECONOMY MINISTRY OF FINANCE MULTIYEAR PROJECTIONS NATIONAL AUTHORITIES NATIONAL BUDGET NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL EXPENDITURES NATIONAL OBJECTIVES NATIONAL POLICY NATIONAL PRIORITIES NATIONAL SECURITY OPERATING EXPENDITURES PENSION PENSION LIABILITIES PENSION REFORMS PENSIONS PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT PERFORMANCE AUDITS PERFORMANCE MONITORING PERFORMANCE REPORTS PLAN FOR PERFORMANCE POLICY DISCUSSION POLICY FORMULATION POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS POOR GOVERNANCE POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PRIVATE SECTOR PROCUREMENT ASSESSMENT PROCUREMENT FUNCTION PROCUREMENT POLICY PROCUREMENT PROCESS PROGRAM BUDGETING PROGRAMS PROVINCES PROVINCIAL OFFICES PUBLIC EMPLOYEES PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE POLICY PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY PUBLIC WORKS QUALITY ASSURANCE REFORM PROCESS REHABILITATION RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS RESOURCE AVAILABILITY RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SALARY PAYMENTS SECTOR MANAGERS SECTORAL EXPENDITURE SERVICE DELIVERY STATE ELECTRICITY STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES STRUCTURAL BENCHMARKS SUB-NATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY OF REFORMS SWAP SWAPS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSPARENCY TREASURY TRUST FUND UNREALISTIC BUDGETS WAGES Afghanistan and its donor community face a dilemma that is critical to the country's sustained development: how to channel more foreign assistance through the government's budgetary system (i.e., core budget) in the face of a huge capacity gap to ensure effective administration of such expenditures. Without more money on budget, national objectives such as poverty reduction and the building of a stable state cannot be fully realized. Currently, 90 percent of the national budget' is externally financed. Overall aid in 2008-09 amounted to US$5.5 billion or 47 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The critical issue, however, is not so much the amount of aid, but weaknesses in its mode of delivery and impact. Three quarters of the aid bypasses the government's own budget system, moving through what is known as the 'external budget'. This dual budgetary system means that most economic activity in Afghanistan takes place outside the government's fiscal control, thus undermining the government's legitimacy and relevance to the Afghan people and weakening the budget's primacy as the tool of national policy. The aid needs to be on-budget and aligned with Afghan priorities. If the success of aid can be gauged by the extent to which it enables a recipient country to free itself of the need for that aid, then the Afghanistan foreign assistance program, as currently structured, is failing its mission. Afghanistan's fiscal sustainability, after having risen to a plateau in recent years, regressed in 2008-09 due to rising operating expenditures, mainly for security, and the country remains one of the world's most aid-dependent. 2012-03-19T10:23:12Z 2012-03-19T10:23:12Z 2010-04-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20100611004136 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2864 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank Economic & Sector Work :: Public Expenditure Review South Asia South Asia Asia Afghanistan